Clothes-pounder.



E. W. LYNCH.

GLOTHES POUNDER. APLIGATION vFILED Nov. 14. 1908.

Patented Now/123, 1909.

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EMBRY W. LYNCH, OF COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

.y Applicationfiled November 14, 1908. Serial No. 462,660.

To all whom it may'concem: i fl Se i't known that I, EMBRY W. LYNCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at College Park, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Pounder, of which the following is a specification. i

The primary object ofthe present invention is to provide aelothes pounder so constructed that but little exertion will be required to operate it,'the construction being such that upon its downward stroke, the pounder will act tor compress air and force it through the clothes and will, upon its up stroke, draw water upwardly, by suction, through the clothes. One of the chief disadvantages tobe found in clothes pounders of this class lies inthe fact that considerable force is required to be exerted to lift the pounder in its up'stroke, the suction force produced being considerable. It is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a clothes pounder of the class described in which a maximum suction. force will be produced upon the up stroke of the pounder with the'exertion of minimum degree c" lifting force.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the specific description which is to follow.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a bottom plan view of a clothes pounder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View therethrough on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a similar View on the line 3-3Aof Fig. 1L

As shown in the drawings, the clothes pounder embodying my invention is comprised in part of a hollow conical body 5 in which is axially fixed a tubular' handle socket (i, the said socket extending from the upper end or apex of the body,.downwardly axially thereofpwith its lower end terminating in a plane above the lower edge of the wall of the body. This socket is designed to receive one end of any suitable form of handle which may ber grasped after its insertion into the socket for the' purpose. of manipulating the pounder.

Arranged within the hollow body 5 of the pounderand extending radially from the handle socket to the wall of the said body, are a plurality of partitions 7 which form within the body a number. of air chambers. 'Fhesepartitious have their lower edges all in ay common plane with the lower end of the `handle socket (i and they extend vertically to the upper end of said socket or more specifically speaking, to its point of connection with the body,5.

Secured upon the outer surface of the wall 5 of the body of the pounder are a plurality of air pockets 8 which are of sheet metal, of which the entire device is formed except for the handle, and which are substantially semi-conical, being secured at their vertical edges to the said outer surface of the wall of the body and forming, as stated, air pockets. The lower edges of the pockets 8 are coincident with the lower edge of the wall 5 and the pockets are so arranged upon the outer Surface of the said wall that each ofthe partitions 7 extends ina plane coincident with the vertical median line of one of the pockets 8. The wall 5 ofthe body of the pounder is formed, at a point directly beneath the lower.edge of each' partition 7 with an opening 9 which establishes direct communication between the adjacent pockets land the interior of the body 5. .l

' As clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the lateral edges of the pockets 8 yare spaced from each other throughout the extent of the series and leading radially from the handle socket 6 adjacent the lower end thereof to, and opening through the wall 5 of the body at a pointbetween the opposed or adjacent edges of pairs of the said pockets v8 are tubes 10, it being understood of course that the handle to be inserted in the handle socket 6 will terminate at itsll'ower end short of the plane of the tubes 10, the handle socket 6 beinglformed with openings 11 which are inclosed by the inner ends of the tubes 10.

In operation, the pounder is plungedv downwardly into the water containing the f continuing in efect until the outer endsV of the tubes 10 reach the level of the water in the tub or other container at which time air will rush in through the tubes and 'will equalize the pressure within the body of the pounder so that it may be readily withdrawn from the water.

As heretofore stated, the openings 9 are located in a plane directly beneath the plane of the lower edges of the partitions 7 and it will thus be seen that the compression an suction forces within the body 5 of the pounder will be more readily equalized than. would be the case if the openings were lo cated in a higher plane than that of the said lower' edges of the partitions 7.

. What is claimed is .ln a clothes pounder, a conical body, a tubular handle socket extending downwardly axially into the body, said socket being open at'its lower end and havingl its said end terminating in a plane above theplane of the lower edge of the body, a plurality of partitions arranged within the body and extend-- ing radially from the tubular handle socket,

, the said partitions beingsecured at their inner edges through the said socket and'at their outer edges to the wall' of the body, the said partitions being of a height equal to the length`of the said socket with their lower edges in a plane with the lower end of the socket, the said wall of the body being formed with an opening in a Vertical plane with each partition and in a plane with the lower edge thereof, the said openings being unobstructed, a plurality of closed air pockets secured upon the outer surface of the wall oi" the body and opening at their lower ends in a plane with the lower edge of the said wall of the body, the said pockets tapering upwardly with their lateral edges spaced throughout the extent of the series, each of the openings in the wall of the body establishing communication between the interior of the body and one of the said closed air pockets, and tubes leading radially from the handle socket in a downward direction and opening through the said wall of the body between the opposed lateral edges of certain of the said closed air pockets whereby to establish communication between lthe exterior and interior of said body by way of the said handle socket through the lower open end thereof, the point of connection of each tube with the said handle socket being in a plane immediately above the lower end of the said socket, the tubes occurring each between a pair of the said partitions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EMBRY w. LYNCH.

litnesses F. S. CLARK, Gnd W. Hrnms. 

